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Category Archives: Education
Cross-Pollinations—Some Beautiful News for Art and for Food
The directorship of a 150-year-old cultural icon in resurgent Buffalo, New York has enticed Janne G-K Siren, current Director of the Helsinki Art Museum, to move his young family to the States. Janne was a brilliant proponent of Guggenheim Helsinki … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Events, Innovation Center
Tagged art, Cody Douglas Oreck, food, Innovation Center, Janne Sirén, Richard McCarthy, Slow Food
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New Orleans, Helsinki and Food
Turns out that some of the coolest stuff is happening to connect people to where food comes from—especially in New Orleans and Helsinki. So much so that Richard McCarthy, Board Member of Edible School Yard and (farmers’) Market Umbrella, and … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Environment, Life in Finland
Tagged community garden, Dodo, Helsinki, Kumpula, local food, New Orleans, School Garden, The Edible School Yard
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I Want This Finnish Gadget…
UPDATED JUNE 21ST, 2012 Today I went out into the ‘mud-luscious’ forest of Nuuksio for tree planting with kids and some 17,000,000 other global citizens around the planet on this very day. Organized by ENO (Environment Online), a virtual global … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Environment, Life in Finland
Tagged ENO, environment online, Nuuksio, pottiputki, RCE, RCE Espoo, tree planting, UNU Regional Centre of Expertise, UPM
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Tampere’s Women
It’s less than two hours by train to Tampere. I hardly had time to absorb the greening wet landscape streaming by as I pressed Heidi Day into translating the juicier bits of Seura magazine for me. We walked from the … Continue reading
In the Footsteps of Akseli and Georgia…
Road Trip, March 28, 2012 I’m on the road to Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico, wind in my hair, my friend, Mariah, at the wheel. In a snap decision it was deemed that there’d be no better time to … Continue reading
Kaamos and Helsingin Energia and 300 Million Euros per Year to the City of Helsinki!
Ah, kaamos time—dark days and darker nights in Finland—a perfect time to learn about generating light and warmth and even cooling on a visit to Helsinki’s underground. The legendary Catacombs of Paris fade into nothing by comparison. US Ambassador Michael … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Embassy News, Environment
Tagged Ambassador Bruce J. Oreck, carbon generation, clean air, cooling systems, district cooling, district heating, energy efficiency, energy security, engineering, heating systems, Helsinki US Ambassador Michael Polt, Kaamos, power production
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World AIDS Day, December 1
On World AIDS Day, we remember those who have lost their lives to AIDS, and we recommit ourselves to fighting and preventing HIV/AIDS and to comforting those infected and their loved ones. This year, the United States has established a … Continue reading
Why ‘Artisan Foods’? Why are they important to Finland and to the rest of us?
Over the weekend, I attended two workshops: “Artisan Cider and Perry Making” and “Introduction to Cheese Making”. I’ve been talking to Jarmo Åke, head of Slow Foods Helsinki and teacher at Perho Culinary, about offering similar classes in English here … Continue reading
Guest Blogger: Valorie Lee, IRO, U.S. Department of State I am an Information Resource Officer, abbreviated IRO, with the U.S. Dept of State and fortunate to have Helsinki as one of my posts. Information Resource Officer might be a title … Continue reading
Not losing sight of Afghanistan
As we watch the momentous events unfolding in North Africa, progress elsewhere could be in jeopardy. “High Stakes: Girls’ Education in Afghanistan,” a new report by 16 international aid organizations warns that a major success story on girls attending school … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Education
Tagged Afghanistan, education, girls, Hillary Clinton, ISAF, Secretary of State
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